Let’s talk about the Ten of Swords.

It’s a card in the Minor Arcana of the Tarot—one that screams Illusion of Drama. The image? A person impaled by ten swords. It looks like a total collapse. A defeat. A moment where hope seems lost.

How do you come back from that?
Is this the end?

Whether you’re moving through a personal Ten of Swords moment—or just witnessing the collective ones happening across the world in the U.S.—this Illusion of Drama is loud right now.

But here’s the deeper truth:
When this illusion shows up, it’s often because we’ve already started down a path of change.

It happens when we choose something different:

• Healthier habits
• Leaving a toxic relationship
• Speaking truth
• Standing up for what’s right

That’s when the Ten of Swords moments rise.

It’s deeply uncomfortable. We start to doubt ourselves. We might lash out, collapse, shut down, or revert to childhood coping mechanisms. We may feel we’ve failed before the real shift even takes hold.

But the wisdom here is this:
Drama does NOT mean you’re off course.
It often means you’re right where you need to be.

The Illusion of Drama tells us to interpret high emotion as danger. It feeds the belief that:

• Reactivity = power
• Escalation = truth
• Emotional intensity = clarity

But drama is just energy that wants to move. It’s showing us where Love is trying to return, where something old is asking to be released, where Truth wants to take root.

Full Moon in Leo: Fire and Feeling

This Leo Full Moon is a Ten of Swords kind of lunation—not only because it feels destructive, but because it illuminates.

Leo rules the heart, courage, dignity, and creative life force.

It offers us sovereign heart leadership—and shines light on the very places where we’re still hooked into chaos, collapse, or reactivity.

This Moon asks:

• Where am I hooked into emotional chaos instead of heart-centered response?
• Where do I create inner drama when more love, ease, or goodness feels unfamiliar?
• What change is trying to be born through this discomfort?

You are allowed to feel everything you feel. You’re allowed to grieve, rage, contract, freeze.

And—

You are allowed to tend to your nervous system.
To not let emotion rule the empire of your heart.
To choose clarity over chaos. Soul over wound.

This Moon doesn’t ask you to suppress your fire.
It asks you to use it consciously.

Gratitude

If you’re feeling lit up or unraveled under this Full Moon…

• You’re not broken — you’re being shown what’s next.
• You’re not too much — you’re being asked to rise.
• You’re not alone — you’re being invited to lead from within.

Let the drama be alchemized.
Let your heart show you how.